In his presentation to high school students at the launch of the Maritime Awareness Week Open Day and Exhibition held at the Caribbean Maritime Institute on Monday, September 23, 2013, acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture...
In April 2013, Jamaica's unemployment rate stood at 16.3 per cent, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. This comes against the backdrop of what the United Nations International Labour Organisation described in its January 2013 Global...
The Caribbean Shipping Association signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of the West Indies' St Augustine's Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, at the opening of the association's 43rd Annual General Meeting,...
The establishment of logistics hubs presents several advantages for regions and countries in which they are situated. Internationally, logistics hubs such as Dubai, Rotterdam, Singapore, and Dallas have encouraged investment in value-added and support services ...
Sixteen port workers graduated from the NCTVET-accredited Stevedoring Level 1 programme on October 1. At the presentation of certificates to the graduates, held at the Shipping Association of Jamaica ...
This is the first of a four-part series on logistics with the aim of reducing the mysteries surrounding the issue, the Shipping Industry News will also continue into the future to prepare and present other features explaining the concept of the...
Professor Gordon Shirley, president and chief executive officer (CEO)-designate of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), said collaboration between the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and the PAJ is critical to the development of the shipping industry...
Participants at this year's Caribbean Shipping Association's (CSA) annual general meeting and conference will examine, among other things, the readiness of the Americas for the opening of the expanded Panama...
Members of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), observers, and participants attending the 43rd Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition in Panama next month will get an opportunity not many persons in global shipping will ever get...
"Plans are afoot to institutionalise rowing across Jamaica!" says Dr Fritz Pinnock, president of the Jamaica Rowing Association and executive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute.
Abandonment as defined in the IMO/ILO Resolution A.930 (22) Guidelines on Provision of Financial Security in Case of Abandonment of Seafarers "is characterised by the severance of ties between the shipowner and the seafarer.
The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) has issued an advisory to Jamaican seafarers and seafarers serving on Jamaican ships in the case of abandonment.
The annual Jamaica Wellness Tour made its first stop for the 2013-2014 calendar year last Saturday at the Jamaica Rifle Association, providing medical services to students and the elderly from the surrounding communities of Mountain View.The tour, which...
Jamaica Customs has announced that members of the productive sector (including exporters) are to pay less for the Customs Administration Fee (CAF), following consultation with stakeholders.The examination fee for manufacturers importing raw materials...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute will host a shipping industry awards ceremony and dinner as part of its celebratory plans for Maritime Awareness Week next month. The week is being celebrated from September 23 to 27....
I am extremely impressed with the vision and maturity displayed by the unions and their delegates in partnering with the Shipping Association of Jamaica to reach this historic signing.
The Shipping Association of Jamaica and the Joint trade Unions should be congratulated, on the signing of this historic four-year wages and fringe benefits agreement.
The Unions and industry stakeholders who were party to the negotiations and the signing of the historic four-year wage agreement on the Port of Kingston should be honoured for the tremendous leadership shown.The delegates, union officers - Alvin...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) is pleased to have, along with the unions representing its employees, successfully negotiated a historic four-year Heads of Agreement.This marks the first in the history of the Port of Kingston that such an...
I would like at the outset to commend the consistent effort on the part of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) to forge and maintain a healthy and enduring relationship with the unions and the stakeholders operating on the Port of Kingston.
It is with a special sense of appreciation that I hail this historic four-year wage agreement between the Shipping Association of Jamaica and the unions representing the employees of the Port of Kingston.This new agreement is of significance for...
